Billiard-chalk holder.



' F. FELDMANN.

BILLIARD GHALK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DB0. 24, 1909.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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FRIEDERIOH FELDMANN, OF GEORGE, IOWA.

BILLIARD-CHALK HOLDER.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 24, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnIEDnRrcI-r FELD- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at George, in the county of Lyon and State of Iowa, .have invented a new and useful Billiard-Chalk Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of the invention are, generally, the provision, in a merchantable form, of a device of the above mentioned class, which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, facile in operation, and devoid of complicated parts; specifically, the provision of a holder for billiard chalk adapted to receive the chalk and securely to hold the same in a locked position until the said chalk is worn away; other and further objects being made manifest as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that divers changes in the form, proportions, sizo, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts lthroughout the several iigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows my invention in perspective; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line A--B of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line C--D of Fig. l.

In carrying out my invention I provide a holder denoted generally by the numeral l. This holder l may be of any form; as billiard chalk is at present dispensed in rectangular form I have made the holder l rectangular, but it is obvious that another form might be employed with advantage in particular cases. The lower terminal of the holder l is provided with a shoulder 2 inwardly projecting from its periphery and designed to prevent the billiard chalk from dropping out of the end of the holder. The u per terminal of the holder l is provided with guide ways 3 designed to receive a sliding closure 4. This closure 4 is upwardly conveXed to bring its crown above the plane of the edges which engage the guide ways 3, and one of the Walls of the holder is upwardly extended,

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 469,078.

as shown at 5, to conform to the curve of the closure, the end of the closure in its turn being bent downward, as shown at 6 to engage the portion 5. Mounted in the crown of the closure 4 above the plane of the edges of the closure is a catch 7, designedl to engage the portion 5 of the wall of the holder. This catch 7 may be of any form; preferably, however, as shown, it takes the form of a simple resilient tongue attached at one of its terminals t0 the closure 4 by any of the common methods of the craft. The free terminal of the catch 7 is arranged to engage the portion 5 of the wall of the holder above the plane of the edges of the closure, which are mounted in the guide ways 3. Rising from the upper surface of the closure 4 is the member 8 designed to receive the terminal of the cord by which billiard chalk holders are commonly suspended, and this member 8 may be of any form adapted to the end sought.

In practical operation, the closure 4 being removed, a piece of billiard chalk is placed in the holder 1 and brought into abutment with the shoulder 2. rI`he closure 4 is then mounted in its place, the catch 7 engaging the portion 5 of the wall of the holder. It will he seen that the chalk rests upon the edges of the closure 4 and that no matter how much pressure be exerted upon the chalk by the pressure of the cue, the said chalk cannot be forced upward and made to engage the catch 7. When the chalk has been mounted in the holder and the closure 4 pushed to its place and into locked position, the said holder cannot be opened until the chalk is so worn away that the end of the cue or any like implement may be brought into direct contact with the catch 7. The downturned end 6 of the closure serves to guard the catch 7, preventing the said catch from being raised from a locked position by the introduction of any implement between the closure 4 and the portion 5 of the wall of the holder.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to protect .by Letters Patent is l. A chalk holder and a recessed closure therefor a catch mounted in the recess of the closure and arranged to engage the holder above the plane of the edges of the closure.

2. A chalk holder; an upwardly conveXed closure slidably mounted in the chalk holder a catch mounted in the crown of the closure and arranged to engage the holder above the plane ofthe edges ofthe closure.

3. A chalk holder; an upwardly eonvexed Closure sldably mounted in the chalk holder; a eateh mounted in theorown of the closure and arranged to engage the holder above the plane of the edges of the closure, the terminal of the closure being downbent below the edge of the holder.

4. A chalk holder having a shoulder inwardly projecting from its periphery at its lower terminal; an upwardly oonveXed eloe sure slidably mounted in the upper terminal of the holder, one of the walls of the holder being upwardly extended `to conform 15 to the curve o the closure; a resilient catch mounted in the crown of the closure and arranged to engage the upwardly extended wall of the holder above the plane of the edges of the closure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereunto aiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDERICH FELDMANN.

Witnesses:

BEN DE BOER, F. W. WOHLENBERG. 

